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Every once in a while, a collection comes along so exactingly crafted that it makes you reconsider your wardrobe or, faced with that impossibility, make you wish for at least one chance to go all in on the fantasy in your very-real life. Such was the case of Ryota Iwai’s latest Auralee collection, shown in Paris last week. In the second look, a model wore a simple two-piece swimsuit, consisting of a scoopneck top and little shorts in a gorgeous shade of citrine tipped in white. It was topped with a thigh-grazing black leather jacket and a long black trench coat, along with socks and sandals. Suddenly, a simple question arose: Can you just wear a swimsuit out on dry land?

Now I am not by any means insinuating that this is something that can be done at the workplace (unless you’re a lifeguard, I guess). But on those extra-warm summer days when you go to the beach or pool, or if you’re simply vacationing somewhere when you can live out fashion fantasies, this really feels like the right way to be. The vibes are carefree and youthful—something that always says summer to me, no matter how old I get.

The gold standard for wearing a swimsuit as clothing is the pairing of a one-piece with trousers or a skirt, as if it were a bodysuit. I’ve never really been a subscriber to this formula myself, but I have to say that looking at the way Iwai paired the super-sporty maillot with a very proper pair of pleated (and belted!) trousers feels alluring. It’s precisely that contrast—the super casual with the business casual—that makes the combination feel so fresh.

Iwai also styled many looks with boy shorts. In New York, there is no shortage of young women in teeny shorts that look like underwear (not to be all Cher Horowitz’s dad), and this is not the first runway collection in recent memory to encourage the wearing of tiny bottoms out on the street. But on the Auralee runway, they felt more matter-of-fact wardrobing and less styled runway look. Take a look at the striped button-down shirt artfully gathered at the waist and paired with a swim-shorts two-piece or the navy bottoms worn with a double-layer tank and paired—inexplicably, geniusly—with black buckled moto boots and socks. Again, it’s the unexpected pairings that make it so good. Rachel Comey also leaned into this wet-dry mix, with a swim micro-skirt (shorts attached!) accompanied by a breezy knit polo and sneakers.

A full-coverage swim bottom is also the perfect way to wear sheer clothes, whether dreamy boho dresses or minimal pencil skirts. So why not consider a little experimentation? Old Navy has basic black swim shorts to layer underneath short tunics or jackets, and Reformation makes a blue plaid pair for more romantic stylings, as well as a classic striped one-piece that might look fab with a pair of ’70s-style wide-leg, high-waist jeans. As long as the combo feels just a little off, it’s likely to be big-time right.